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    Quote Originally Posted by Redrose View Post
    I do believe we'd be better off with giving power back to the states.

    I'm English and Italian from New York. I have a long fuse, but when it burns out, oh my!
    I agree wholeheartedly! It was the STATES who came together and forged our law of the land and system and it was the States that demanded certain provisions such as the RIGHT to keep and bear arms (to prevent their State from falling victim to an overbearing federal gov). FACT. It is also fact that much of our lost RIGHTs and FREEDOMS have gradually been taken away (not from STATE decisions) but from tyrannical and ant-Constitutional leaders from within the federal gov. Bush was one of the worst to trample on the Constitution and B.O. seems to be a BUSH on steroids (something I've said for YEARS now).

    We seem to no longer be a Republic and many folks truly don't know what a republic is. We have false republics under the guise of communism and dictatorships so the title has been degraded to the point that many folks would shun from the idea if they even understood the meaning of a true republic. When our system or the wishes of the people is overridden by the few (as with Nazi Germany) we are treading down the wrong path.

    I am approximately 20% Italian, 60% Scot and 15% Cherokee out of the Smoky mountains....later settling in the Mid-South where my 5% "OTHER" came into the picture and I'll admit that I have a very short fuse. I've worked on this for my entire life, have gotten much better to control myself but I don't feel that control is necessarily a good thing cuz keeping a lid on the pressure cooker only accounts for a major disaster later. HA!!! Yet, I believe many Americans fall under this scenario and will be the only thing to save this Nation. This easing into this or that has caused us to shrug but when push comes to shove, I believe it will get very ugly and in a moment's notice. As Jefferson proclaimed, that'll be a good thing.

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    Let's not forget about the bastardization of our monetary system by the enactment of the Federal Reserve System, which was never fully ratified in the first place. Our founding fathers warned against allowing a private central banking system to become established in our nation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Redrose View Post
    I'd like to go back to 1961 and convince Obama's mother to get an abortion.
    I wonder how many Right-to-lifers agree with you?

    Quote Originally Posted by Perianne View Post
    Understanding that this one wish could fundamentally change the future of this country, what one thing would you choose?
    Repeal the 17th and require that State legislatures appoint their Senators.

    And second if I can have one is eliminate the corporate income tax.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joyful HoneyBee View Post
    Let's not forget about the bastardization of our monetary system by the enactment of the Federal Reserve System, which was never fully ratified in the first place. Our founding fathers warned against allowing a private central banking system to become established in our nation.
    Um, passed by both Houses and signed by the POTUS?
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    Quote Originally Posted by fj1200 View Post
    I wonder how many Right-to-lifers agree with you?
    Oooh, Oooh, Oooh - said in my best Arnold Horshack voice! (if you don't know, you're too young)

    I'm a right to lifer...

    I wish we could go back, and have Obama born from his Grandmother, and be WHITE. If he was white, he never would have been elected. Truth!

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    Nice thread idea

    I would probably have Marbury v. Madison come down the other way, so the Supreme Court would not be able to overturn our elected Legislators so easily. Perhaps no Roe v. Wade then.

    And fj, I am certainly not in favor of the Obama abortion comment. Apart from my strong anti-abortion stance, we cannot know whether Obama's Presidency is in God's plan for us. Hard to understand, but to sort-of quote C.S. Lewis, we only see through a glass, darkly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Abbey View Post
    And fj, I am certainly not in favor of the Obama abortion comment. Apart from my strong anti-abortion stance, we cannot know whether Obama's Presidency is in God's plan for us. Hard to understand, but to sort-of quote C.S. Lewis, we only see through a glass, darkly.
    Seems a silly thing for one to agree with then but it begs the question of would it have made any difference politically. McCain was not going to win in '08.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fj1200 View Post
    Seems a silly thing for one to agree with then but it begs the question of would it have made any difference politically. McCain was not going to win in '08.
    Yeah, I try not to play "what if" scenarios in my head. The ripple effect of even one change makes me wonder what to wish for. For example, if one is a tea party fan: No Obama, possibly no tea party? The list is literally endless.

    Our pastor made one little comment during a sermon that altered my confidence in my own opinions profoundly. He wondered how do we know that God doesn't want immigrants from Central and South America to come in large enough numbers to affect the US in ways we could not even predict. (And in case anyone thinks I go to a Main Line liberal denomination church, this is a socially-Conservative Baptist pastor).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Abbey View Post
    Yeah, I try not to play "what if" scenarios in my head. The ripple effect of even one change makes me wonder what to wish for. For example, if one is a tea party fan: No Obama, possibly no tea party? The list is literally endless.

    Our pastor made one little comment during a sermon that altered my confidence in my own opinions profoundly. He wondered how do we know that God doesn't want immigrants from Central and South America to come in large enough numbers to affect the US in ways we could not even predict. (And in case anyone thinks I go to a Main Line liberal denomination church, this is a socially-Conservative Baptist pastor).
    Why do you think I ask so many questions. As my riding buddy said this weekend about 50,000 kids on our border, "they wouldn't even fill up the Falcons stadium (Georgia Dome)." Not to say we don't need a better immigration policy and deal with the issue but how we react says a lot about us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Perianne View Post
    You are walking along a beach when you feel something under the sand. You stop, dig in the sand and find it's a bottle with a cork in it. You take the cork out and realize you have just unleashed a genie. The genie gives you the power to change just one thing about the United States.

    Understanding that this one wish could fundamentally change the future of this country, what one thing would you choose?
    I would change the decision made on this date, January 22, 1973
    We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, of American nationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house; and we have room for but one soul loyalty, and that is loyalty to the American people. ~Theodore Roosevelt~

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    I'd go back to the day BEFORE the Internet, Facebook, Twitter, and I Dream of Genie....and destroy Genie's.

    Think about it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gaffer View Post
    Anyone that is a politician is unable to lie. If they lie they choke to death. Sure would change the country.
    Quote Originally Posted by aboutime View Post
    I'd go back to the day BEFORE the Internet, Facebook, Twitter, and I Dream of Genie....and destroy Genie's.

    Think about it.
    I have looked back and read some of Gaffer's posts. I like him. RIP, sir.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SassyLady View Post
    I would abolish Homeland Security. They spend more resources on containing Americans than actually protecting them.
    That is collectively inaccurate.

    What about the Coast Guard and the thousands of lives saved or assisted yearly?

    We are in DHS too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elessar View Post
    That is collectively inaccurate.What about the Coast Guard and the thousands of lives saved or assisted yearly?We are in DHS too.
    The Coast Guard has been around way longer than Homeland Security, therefore, I don't believe Homeland Security is necessary for the CG to continue to do their job. In my opinion, the CG operated quite efficiently before the creation of DHS. Perhaps you can tell me how becoming part of DHS has made you more effective.
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    I am torn. ONE thing?

    Wow.

    Can I just think-out-loud about some possible choices?

    ...I would ask the framers of the constitution to be more-specific. I would help them understand the unforeseen BULLSHIT we face today.

    ...I would Convince my dad to do what he had to do to buy a split-window corvette, 427 Cobra, and a 1964 1/2 Mustang. Then garage them. Store them properly. That would make America better because I'd be rich.


    ...here's the rub with all this - Nothing that has been done can be undone because it's already happened. Impossible.
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